39 Fla. L. Weekly D1862a Attorney’s fees — Proposal for settlement — Trial court properly denied defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to proposal for settlement where proposal was filed prematurely less than 90 days after action had been commenced against defendant DESIGN HOME REMODELING CORP., Appellant, vs. RENE SANTANA AND MARITZA TORRES, Appellees. 3rd […]
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Trial court should have permitted substitution of Florida Insurance Guarantee Association for insolvent insurer
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1819a Insurance — Homeowners — Insolvent insurer — Miami-Dade County Circuit Court erred in vacating order substituting Florida Insurance Guaranty Association for insolvent insurer and staying case to allow insured to proceed with any actions with Circuit Court of Leon County which had entered consent order appointing Florida Department of Financial […]
Discovery of financial relationship between treating physician and plaintiff’s counsel allowed
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1806a Torts — Automobile accident — Discovery — Financial relationship between treating doctor and plaintiff’s attorneys in present and past cases — Trial court did not depart from essential requirements of law in overruling treating physician’s objections to subpoena requesting documents regarding patients previously represented by law firms representing plaintiff, letter […]
Trial Court Order — Service of Process defective under local administrative order but proper under applicable statute was legally sufficient
21 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 877b Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2109DEBE Civil procedure — Service of process — Where defendant was personally served with process, process server was not required to inform defendant of contents of document — Failure to include descriptive narrative of method of execution that is required by administrative order of court, but […]
Premises Liability — Transitory Foreign Substance Statute — Effect of Amendment — Trial court correctly entered summary judgment in favor of grocery store where plaintiff argued only constructive, and not actual, knowledge of substance
39 Fla. L. Weekly D1750a Torts — Premises liability — Slip and fall — Supermarket — Wet floor — Knowledge of dangerous condition — Constructive knowledge — No error in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant where plaintiff failed to prove that defendant had constructive knowledge of any alleged transitory foreign substance requiring remedial […]